File and binder.



w. E. McLEAN & T, C. COULL.

FILE AND BINDER,

APPLICATION HLED JULY 15, 1914.

1,150,442, Patented Aug. 17, 1915.

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FILE AND BINDER.

APPLiCATlON FILED JULY15| 1914.

Patented Aug. 17, 1915.

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WILLIAM ELLISON IVICLEAN AND THOMAS CHARLES COULL, OF BUNEBIN, 33E? ZEA'LAND.

FILE AND BINDER.

Specification of Letters Eatent.

Patenten lin 1?, 1915.,

Application filed. July 15, 1914. Serial No. 851,108.

'12) all "MILO/IL it may 80111181")? Be it known that we, WILLIAM Emiaozf McLean and "lnouas CHARLES (Jenni, both subjects oi the King of (treat l'lritain, l'PSlQl a ing at Dunedin, New Zealand, have invented certain new and ueel ulimprovements in l iles; and Binders, oi which the following is a Speril'ication.

This invention relates to files for invoice sheets, letters, \auichers, plans, newspapers and the like and binders for use therewith, the object of the invention being to provide a simple and ellicienl file and binder .which willbe compact and of good appearspring clip. Fig. is a View ol :1 suitable wire litter. Fig. l 15 a new at the file opened out ready for use. spring clip and wire litter removed, and bottom cover of binder placed in position. Fig. 5 is a rlew ol' the file with sheets tiled thereon read for binding, the flexible bark of the binder rover having been turned up and passed down over the pillars. ln this view the wire litter is also (for convenience of illmtration} shown in position. although in practice it would be removed. Fig. (5 is a viewot the file showing the top cover (it the binder in position and the cord in position ready for. lifting the binder and its contents oil the file. Fig. 7 is a view of the file showing the binder and its, contents lifted oil the file and the position of the cord. Fig. 8 is a View of the lile showing an alternative form of locking clip. Figs. 3) and 10 are detail views of part of ,the file showing two alternative cimstructions' "0 1' the pillars.

The file may be made in any suitable form. either as a wall file fitted with a loop or the like to hang upon a wall. or as a book shaped file with bacleand front covers made in' tegralwwith the backpiece. the latter form being the one illustrated in the acconi 'ianying' drawings. The back cover 1 is preferably made of wood,strawboard.leatherboard or the like, and it may (except in the case of a wc-odenback wall file) be scored or creased as at .2 from side to side near its rear edge so as to leave a narrow strip 3 at the edge of saiu cover am can bent hack freely. liiveted or otherwise suitabl secured to sai" strip 3 there is a hat plate a carrying tr-Jo hollow pillars 5, 6 one at each end of the. plate l and a suitable distance apart, which are secured to and extend down through the plate l, and to holes respectively pierced through the strip 3 so as to form a through passage for a cord or string as hereinafter described. Secured to the plate,

and projecting upward therefrom there' are also one, two or more intermediate pillars, which in the case of one pillar 7 is located i!ll(l '\ll.}" between and in line with the two hollow pillar? 5. (5 before mentioned and in the case of two or more pillars are accd at equal distaureu between and inline \iJLll the said two hollow pill I lnese 1nterniediate pillars need not L hollow.

A spring incl-1mg clip 1!. oi suitable design such as shown in 2 ie eniplgyerl working on the pillars 5, l3, 7 in Ll adapted to bind It 1 locking of the (.lE'fl wine's coniriurned ends and mat its adapted to l3 and 7, the. outer slots l ng provided 1. ith the clips to lrietionally engage the or! larr; in order to hold down the pape s in a manner c innion in in position sheets placed on the pillars. will be observed that the sprii clip 11 shown in F of a p ate haul e spaced iongitiul receive the pil or open ng usual this art. Near ie top end and at the back 01' each intermediate pillar there is a hook shaped notch 12 formed, adapted to engage a cord as lmreinafter described. If desired. these inte lliediate pillars 7 may be made llOllU'i I ":rthe same purpose as the outer pillars .3, 1 before described, in which case the hoo. formed by cutting a notch in on: side of the pillar or cutting out and bending: down a portion of the wall of the pill 'lh bachpiece of the file is made of the SIZE u d according to the sweet el a like to be filed on it. and the {tore being filed are punched suitable holes to pass over the pillars 7 ane. a e placed on the tile from time :aiECUl'Qd by the spring clin 11 tinned. All the pillars dgre sharpened to act as piercedges 13 of the pillars formed are top of the pillars,

to a point being higher than their front edges which are cut away somewhat.

The binder for use with the file comprises two auxiliary covers 14, 15 of almost the same size as the back cover of the file, both of which auxiliary covers are creased 9r scored 16, 17 and have holes 19 punched in their scored ends adapted to pass over the pillars 5, 6, 7 on the backpiece. The bottom cover 14: has one edge of a flexible back 20 secured to its creased end, the flexible back 20 being of sufiicient width to provide for dilierent quantities of sheets, the adjustability :of this flexible back to bind neatly varying quantities of sheets as hereinafter described'being a feature of this invention. The bottom cover 14 is placed on the file (see Fig. before any sheets are placed thereon, the flexible back 20 being turned backand slipped under a strip2l of tin or the like behind the backpiece of the file or otherwise secured conveniently out of the wayas by a loop of elastic or the like. The sheets are then filed as usual (with an index it required) on top of the cover 1% until the file has been filled, as far as desired whereupon the spring clip '11 or the like is removed, and the fingers of the user are inserted under the cover 1% which with the sheets resting on it is lifted up on the pillars until the top sheetis just below the in which position the sheets are held by one hand. With the other hand of the user the flexible back 20 is then drawn-from under the strip 21 pulled forward and its free edge pulled taut around and over the backs of the filedsheets and pressed down on to the sharpened tops 13 of the pillars 5, 6, '7 these piercing the said free'edge which isthenpassed down on to the pillars as shown in Fig. 5, and the bundle of sheets thus neatly inclosed. in the back of the binder, are released from the pillars (see Fig. 7) thereby drawing hand. The outer cover 15 is then passed on to the pillars on top of the said flexible back 20 ;thus inclosing the sheets between the two covers of the binder as shown in Fig. 6. A piece of cord 22 or the like is then taken and its two ends 23 passed respectively one through each of the hollow pillars 5, 6 down through the backpiece of the file. The intermediate part of the cord is passed under and held by the hook-shaped notch 12 in each of the pillars 7. The notches 12 in intermediate pillars are made so as to retain the cord, and may be of any suitable shape for the purpose. The binder with sheets therein is then lifted up off the the sheets on to the cord 22, the ends 23 of the cord coming out respectively through the holes in the sheets that passed over the end hollow pillars 5, 6 and an intermediate loop 24 appearing beneath each hole that passed over an intermediate pillar 7. These loops 24am then disengaged from the hooks 12 and the ends of the cord 22 are passed through the loops and laced or tied up so as to secure the whole and bind the cover and sheets securely. The free end 25 of the flexible back 20 maybe gummed so that it can be fastened to the top cover 15 of the binder. The binder and'contents being thus removed from the file afresh cover 14 is placed in position on the latter and the operation repeated.

Instead of having one two end pillars 1101- low, they may be made solid (see Fig. 9) with a trans'v'ers'e hole 26 pierced in their upper end, grooves 27 being made above the hole to allow free running of the cord. With, this construction the binding cord is passed across through the holes 26 in'the two end pillars, and under the notches .12 in the intermediate pillars and after the covering sheets and their contents have been lifted off the ends of the cord are pulled down through the end holes in the sheets and laced up through the loops as before described.

In a further modification, instead of having the end pillars hollow, orsolid with transverse holes at their upper ends, they may be made solid (see Fig. 10) and with hook shaped notches 12in them like the intermediate pillars. WVith this construction the cord is passed under the hooked notches in the end pillars and the intermediate pillars and after the covering sheets and their contents have been lifted the ends of the cord are pulled down through the endholes of the sheets and laced up as before described.

It will be seen that any size of sheet or newspaper or the like can be filed and bound by means of this invention, by increasing the number of intermediate pillars.

A wire lifter 28 of usual type (see Fig. 3) can be used in conjunction with the file when hollow end pillars 5, 6* are employed, a clip 29 being provided to engage the lifter 28 on the back of the file.

Instead of the spring locking *clip il|us trated in F ig. 2, one or more of the solid pillars 9 may be externally threaded see Fig. 8 to take a thumb nut or nuts which works up and down on the pillar and is connected to a flatplate 10 formed with holes and bosses to pass over and slide on the pillars 5, 6, 9. This plate 10 is by means of the thumbnut 8 clamped upon the sheets in the file so as to hold them in position.

It will be obvious that instead of hooked intermediate pillars 7, these pillars maybe made the' same as the outer pillars 5, and when it is desired to remove the contents from the file loops are made in the interiasaeae sheets are lifted oil, and the ends of the cord can thereafter be laced up through the loops. This method is rather awkward however, and it is preferred to provide the intermediate pillars with cord'engaging means as hereinbefore described.

- Having now described our said invention, we declare that what we claim is 1. In a file, a back cover, pillars mounted thereon, a binder comprising an auxiliary cover perforated at its edge to pass over said pillars, said pillars having passages therethroiigh and said back cover having a hole therein under each of said pillars, and a flexible back attached at one end to said auxiliary cover to bind sheets between it and the auxiliary cover, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a. tile, a bacl-:piece,two pillars mounted thereon, said pillars having passages therethrough and said backpiece having a hole therein under each of said pillars, and an intermediate pillar between said first mentioned pillars, said intermediate pillar being provided with means for temporarily engaging a cord in the upper end of each substantially as and for, the purpose set forth.

8. In a hie, a back cover, a. plurality of pillars mounted thereon, said pillars having passages therethrough and said back cover having a hole therein under each of said pillars and alining with said passages continuously and an intermediate pillar between said lirst mentioned pillars, said intermediate pillar being provided with means formed at its upper end adapted to temiorarilv en 'a 'e a cord for binding sheets a D l.

by removal from said pillars.

4. In a file, a back cover, two pillars mounted thcreon,'said pillars ha ing passages tlwrcthrough and said back cover having a. hole therein under each of said pillais, auxiliary covers for application to said pillars, and an intermediate pillar be tween said first mentioned pillars, one of said auxiliary covers having a l'lexibio'extension adapted to be bent. for forming a binding and engaged over the other auxil-' iary cover to be pierced by said pillars, said intermediate pillar being n'orided with means for temporarily engaging a cord in its upper end, whereby said cord may be drawn through the sheets between the auxiliary covers for binding the same to the latter substantially as and for the purpose set. forth.

5. In afile, a back piece, pillars mounted thereon and a bimler-c'over perforated at its edge to pass over said pillars, and a flexible back attached at one end to said cover and adapted to be passed over said pillars whereby the-same is pierced and'held against dis-- said flexible back being adapted after a desired number of sheets have been filed on said pillars above said cover to be drawn forward on to and pierced to pass over said pillars and drawn down so as to closely fit around the ends of the filed sheets, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

8. A file comprising a back cover and pillars mounted thereon adapted to receive the sheets perforated to suit certain of said pillars being adapted to temporarily engage a cord placed across them above such sheets in such a way that on lifting the sl'zeets off the pillars the cord will be drawn through the perforations in the sheets into a position ready for lacing up to bind the sheets together and auxiliary covers adapted for positioning on. said pill: rs, one of said auxiliary covers being placed adjacent to said back plate, an extension thereon, means to hold said EXlcHSiOIl temporarily to the file and said extension being adapted to engage the other auxiliary cover and the latter to be bound by the cord substantially set forth.

9. In a tile. a back cover. pillars mounted thereon, a binder comprising an auxiliary cover perforated at its edge to pass over said pillars, a flexible back attached at one end to said auxiliary cover. means for temporarily retaining said flexible back against said back cover, said flexible back being designed to be passed over said pillars and a second auxiliary cover also engaged on said pillars and to which said flexible back is adapted to be attachet whereby said parts may be bound together additionally in the form of a book as described.

In testimony n 'hereor We allix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

V' ILLIAM ELLTQON MCLEAN.

THOMAS Cl'lAR-LES COl-lLL.

\Vitnesses:

.Torrn Rn'rnruronn PARK, CHARLES Glnmsrin DRUMMONI). 

